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How a Fifty Shades of Grey rival borrows from Duchamphttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/sep/17/fifty-shades-of-grey-duchamp
The Bride Stripped Bare, a rival to EL James's bestselling novel, reminds us of the brilliance of Marcel Duchamp's erotic masterpiece<p>A rival to the erotic bestseller <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/fifty-shades-of-grey" title="">Fifty Shades of Grey</a> caught my eye the other day. It wasn't the shadowy sensual cover of the prominently displayed paperback in a branch of Smiths that intrigued me so much as the title: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/data/book/fiction/9780007163540/the-bride-stripped-bare" title="">The Bride Stripped Bare</a>. This naughty novel takes its title from one of the great works of art of the 20th century.</p><p>Looking it up, I found The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_Stripped_Bare_(novel)" title="">was first published in 2003</a> but it is being promoted afresh, with a darkly alluring cover, to tap into the market discovered by Fifty Shades.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/sep/17/fifty-shades-of-grey-duchamp">Continue reading...</a>ArtArt and designFictionCultureEL JamesMon, 17 Sep 2012 14:28:13 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/sep/17/fifty-shades-of-grey-duchampPhotograph: Mark Kauffman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image'One of the great works of art of the 20th century' ... Marcel Duchamp with The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even. Photograph: Mark Kauffman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagePhotograph: Mark Kauffman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image'One of the great works of art of the 20th century' ... Marcel Duchamp with The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even. Photograph: Mark Kauffman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImageJonathan Jones2012-09-17T14:28:13Z